Velocity Ultra 2013

Is it still worth playing?

The Quarp Jet, a spacecraft that can teleport, has to rescue stranded ships around a collapsed star, in this vertical shoot em up for the PlayStation Vita from the British studio FuturLab. You hold a button, aim a cursor and release to warp to any open space, and a booster gives you high speed. Bombs are unlimited and fly in four directions, aimed with the right analog stick. Telepods let you drop a marker to warp back to later, which matters for the puzzles, where shields are disabled by hitting switches in a set order. There are 50 story stages that can be played in roughly any order once you have enough experience points, with bronze, silver and gold medals for each. Challenge missions unlock from tokens hidden in the campaign. Restarts have no loading time. Teleporting and bombs still turn each stage into a quick puzzle as much as a shooter.